Sunday, 17 August, 2025
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said that loan defaulters would not be allowed to take part in the national election expected to be held next February.
He also said that the Election Commission should identify the errant bank borrowers to check their participation in the next polls.
Salehuddin was talking to reporters after inaugurating uPension App of the National Pension Authority at his office at the secretariat in the capital Dhaka.
Referring to the case of Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir who completed his five-year tenure as a parliament member under the Awami League-led government despite being identified as a loan defaulter because of a writ in the High Court, the finance adviser termed writs as a big problem in this connection.
The finance adviser said the interim government would take initiatives to check the potential influx of undisclosed money into the next national election
He, however, expressed doubt over the success of such initiatives because of the political parties’ culture of patronising the undisclosed money holders in the national polls.
Influx of undisclosed money into the election cannot be checked without changes in the country’s political culture, said Salehuddin.
The finance adviser asked the pension authority to bring teachers of the public universities, colleges and schools under the scheme after inaugurating the uPension App by which interested person can easily open certain policy under the universal pension scheme and also remain updated about policy status.
He wondered why the public university eachers were not interested in the universal pension scheme that was introduced in 2023.
An initiative was taken at the fag end of the Awami League regime, which was ousted in a mass uprising in the past year, to include the teachers in the pension scheme, but the move was suspended amid the teachers’ protests, said the finance ministry officials attending the programme.
Besides, former finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali while announcing the national budget for the 2024-25 financial year said that government officials recruited after July 1, 2024, would be incorporated in the universal pension scheme.
Finance secretary Khairuzzaman Mojumder said decision of brining the new public officials under the scheme was remained suspended.
The decision will be implemented, he said without specifying any time frame.
Pension authority officials said that some 3,75,000 persons had been enlisted under the pension scheme.
It has been reported that many policyholders became dormant as there are allegations that the ousted AL regime with the help of district administration and grass-root party activists forced many to accept the policy.
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Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said that loan defaulters would not be allowed to take part in the national election expected to be held next February.
He also said that the Election Commission should identify the errant bank borrowers to check their participation in the next polls.
Salehuddin was talking to reporters after inaugurating uPension App of the National Pension Authority at his office at the secretariat in the capital Dhaka.
Referring to the case of Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir who completed his five-year tenure as a parliament member under the Awami League-led government despite being identified as a loan defaulter because of a writ in the High Court, the finance adviser termed writs as a big problem in this connection.
The finance adviser said the interim government would take initiatives to check the potential influx of undisclosed money into the next national election
He, however, expressed doubt over the success of such initiatives because of the political parties’ culture of patronising the undisclosed money holders in the national polls.
Influx of undisclosed money into the election cannot be checked without changes in the country’s political culture, said Salehuddin.
The finance adviser asked the pension authority to bring teachers of the public universities, colleges and schools under the scheme after inaugurating the uPension App by which interested person can easily open certain policy under the universal pension scheme and also remain updated about policy status.
He wondered why the public university eachers were not interested in the universal pension scheme that was introduced in 2023.
An initiative was taken at the fag end of the Awami League regime, which was ousted in a mass uprising in the past year, to include the teachers in the pension scheme, but the move was suspended amid the teachers’ protests, said the finance ministry officials attending the programme.
Besides, former finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali while announcing the national budget for the 2024-25 financial year said that government officials recruited after July 1, 2024, would be incorporated in the universal pension scheme.
Finance secretary Khairuzzaman Mojumder said decision of brining the new public officials under the scheme was remained suspended.
The decision will be implemented, he said without specifying any time frame.
Pension authority officials said that some 3,75,000 persons had been enlisted under the pension scheme.
It has been reported that many policyholders became dormant as there are allegations that the ousted AL regime with the help of district administration and grass-root party activists forced many to accept the policy.
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